It rained quite a lot during the night, but by the time I was ready to get up it had stopped. So I got packed up super quick and was on the road before 7am!

I wasn't entirely sure what I had in front of me - I just knew it involved a lot of up!

It was actually quite enjoyable. It wasn't super steep, just long and steady.

Unfortunately the weather wasn't really the best for taking photos. I was in the clouds for much of the time!

There were lots of false summits, but I got over the top eventually

By the time I'd come off the moor, I was pretty hungry, so I stopped at a little shop that did hot food and coffee. In fact, they were just taking some freshly baked Cornish pasties out of the oven!

So I had one. It was suitably massive and probably the best Cornish pasty I've ever had. Even though it was made in Devon!

After that I pushed on. Pretty much same old, same old - struggle for ages up a horrendous hill, hammer down the other side. Repeat for a few hours.

Things finally started to flatten out properly once I got to Tiverton. I hit the canal path which made a welcome change.

As I neared Taunton I needed to find a campsite. I tried quite a few, but they were all ignoring their phones. Their websites were mostly broken, so the only one I could actually speak to was just a couple of miles away.

Pleasant enough site. Almost empty. I just have the birds singing and the dulcet tones of the M5 for company!